Jerry Lawler def. Michael Cole (Kiss My Foot Match)

SEATTLE – It’s one thing to feel the sting of downfall. It’s quite another to actually taste the agony of “de-feet.”

Michael Cole went toe-to-toe against his rival, Jerry “The King” Lawler, in a Kiss My Foot Match and ended up tasting Lawler’s tootsies. Not only that, the shameful smooch came in large part thanks to Bret “Hit Man” Hart, Eve and Good Ol’ J.R. (PHOTOS)

Prior to the night’s bout, Cole had spent weeks dissing the Divas as well as legendary announcer Jim Ross. Well, he would pay for his insults. As Lawler prepared to force Cole to kiss his foot, he stopped short a couple of times. First, to allow Eve to exact revenge on behalf of the Divas roster, and secondly, to let his buddy Good Ol’ J.R. enter the ring and pour barbecue sauce all over Cole’s face.

King had became so incensed at having technically “lost” his first two bouts against Cole, in fact, that he promised his rival he would give him his beloved WWE Hall of Fame ring and would personally induct him into the Hall should that day arrive.

The thought, perhaps, was too much for Lawler’s fellow WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart. The Excellence of Execution, who had defeated Lawler in a Kiss My Foot Match 15 years earlier at 1995’s King of the Ring pay-per-view, intervened when Cole attempted to flee up the entrance ramp. As a result, the weasely announcer would be puckering up after all and smooching King’s foot.

For Cole, the match proved a humiliating affair he’d certainly rather forget. A grinning Lawler, on the other hand, seemed to want nothing more than to savor the win, the sweetest and tangiest of victories.